Collar-fastener.



W. H. REYNOLDS. COLLAR FASTENEB. APPLICATION FILED AUG.2B, ma.

Patented Apr. 22,1919.

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COLLAR-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2%, 1919.

Application filed August 28, 1918. Serial No. 251,810.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. REY- NoLDs, acitizen of the United States, residing at De Soto, in the county of Jefierson and State of Missouri, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Collar-Fasteners,'of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in collar buttonsand the principal object of the invention is to provide a device for useat the rear of the shirt band.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is simple and durable in construction, reliable and efiicient inoperation and one which can be manufactured and placed upon the marketat a minimum cost.

The invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a front view of the device.-

Fig. 2 is a view of the device in place in a shirt.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 ofFig. 2.

Fig. i is a front view showing a modification.

In these drawings 1 represents the body of the device which ispreferably made of wire bent into the form shown in the drawings. Thebody comprises a pair of tongues 2, spaced apart and located on eachside of said body. One end of the wire after leaving the last tongue isbent at right angles and extends centrally between the said tongues, asshown at 3. Midway the body a head 4: is formed by forming a loop in thewire as it passes from one side of the body to the other. The end 3extends into the loo-p of this head, as clearly shown in the drawing.Near the extreme end of this part 3 a kink 5 is formed and the tip endof the head or loop 4 is slightly raised as at 6. In using the devicethe body part is placed within the pocket 7 formed at the rear part ofthe shirt band 8 with the head passing outwardly through the button holeand the part or finger 3 passing along the inner face of the band belowthe button hole, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. In this way part of theshirt band is grasped between the head and finger and when the head isplaced through the button hole in the collar said collar will also begrasped between these parts. In this manner the collar will be preventedfrom rising at the rear of the neo In the modification shown in Fig. ithe body is made plain as the tongues shown in the other figures areomitted. This form of the invention is provided with the head i and thefinger 3' before described.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I- may make changes in theconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the severalparts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

What I claim is A collar button formed of wire comprising a body part, ahead part formed by an extension loop located midway the ends of thebody part, the extreme end of said head being slightly raised and aspring fingerconnected with the upper side of the body part andextending through same into the loop of the head part, said fingerhaving a kink at its end and terminating an appreciable distance fromthe inner curve of the end of the head part so that the collar and shirtband are gripped by the two parts of the head part and said finger.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

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